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Oberhessische PresseArbeitslosigkeit: Krise vernichtet Hunderttausende StellenFOCUS OnlineZwar ist die Zahl der Arbeitslosen bisher nicht so stark gestiegen wie befürchtet. Die Zahl der Jobs in der Industrie ist seit Jahresbeginn jedoch spürbar zurückgegangen. Die Zahl der Beschäftigten im verarbeitenden Gewerbe sank nach A (Read More)
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Google usually shows a green web address, or URL, at the bottom of each search result to let you know where you're headed. Today we're rolling out an improvement that replaces the URL in some search results with a hierarchy showing the precise location of the page on the website. The new display provides valuable context an (Read More)
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When the Motorola Droid launched this month everyone was amazed that a company so down on its luck was able to put together a well-designed phone running a powerful, “brand new” OS. The whole package – hardware, software, and marketing – seemed flawless. In fact, phones running Android 1.5 now look hopelessly outdated and w (Read More)
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Frances M. Roberts / Newscom The controversial CNN anchor’s abrupt exit took even his staff by surprise. Lloyd Grove and Rebecca Dana on the relief, sadness and job scramble at the studio. The abrupt resignation of CNN’s resident nativist firebrand, Lou Dobbs, was greeted with surprise and relief (Read More)
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Just in case you’ve been living in hope Apple may make an appearance at giant tech trade show, CES, this coming January we’ve been advised not to hold our breath, with organisers warning the company won’t exhibit at the show this year.Following Apple’s announcement of its intent to withdraw from Macworld Expo, San Francisco (Read More)
Lifehacker:
Blockbuster might have been put on the back burner with the advent of Netflix and Redbox, but it's attempting to make a come back with a new form of technology. 6 stores will begin a trial program in which customers may rent a movie via SD card from kiosks for $1.99. You're given 30 days to watch your flick (no late charge (Read More)
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2008 was the year of free streaming music. When MySpace Music entered the fray a little over a year ago, it seemed like the music labels had finally relented, and were willing to experiment with free streaming music to users. The future looked bright.2009 is the year of reckoning. The European launch of Spotify, which offer (Read More)
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It appears that both Yahoo and Microsoft are duking it out to help power the technology for India’s Unique Identification project. Spearheaded by Indian tech czar and Infosys co-chairman Naden Nilekani, the project aims to assign every Indian citizen with a unique identification number that will identify him or her, similar (Read More)
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The role of influence is changing and diversifying and with it, the rules and responsibilities of engagement are also reshaping. While PR, analyst, and investor relations were clear yesterday, the rise of new influencers, tastemakers and authoritative users and customers becomes both pervasive and uncertain. As such, new op (Read More)
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Google just released a new open source programming language called Go. Go is intended to offer built-in support for concurrent processes, make the most of modern hardware and deliver a super-fast coding experience. Google says in its announcement that "Go attempts to combine the development speed of working in a dynamic (Read More)
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UK collaboration startup Huddle has secured something of a first for a company of its size, and location. It’s signed a two-year deal with Hewlett Packard to enable direct access to its service on the 25 million business PCs HP sells annually. Huddle will be in a suite of five trial applications included on every HP busines (Read More)
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When Google CEO Eric Schmidt mentioned a few weeks ago that the M&A spigot is now back on at the search giant, he wasn’t talking about a trickle. Today’s announced deal to by mobile ad startup AdMob for $750 million is Google’s largest acquisition since its $3.1 billion purchase of DoubleClick in March, 2008, and its third (Read More)
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In this edition of the Weekly Wrapup - our newsletter summarizing the top stories of the week - we analyze a new breed of content site that is rapidly gaining momentum, look into recent statistics showing that Gen Y is using Twitter more, compare five recommendation services for iPhone apps, review the new-look MSN, and mor (Read More)
: He asks if massive content sites gaining momentum is "cause for concern about the future of the Web?" - my thinking on this is it's cause for rejoicing. Regardless if you're building your site(s) for fun or profit, the point is constant and quality content creation should ultimately be rewarded.
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Offerpal Media, the central character in the Scamville drama, is changing CEOs. Anu Shukla is no longer the CEO of the company she cofounded. Veteran executive George Garrick, most recently the CEO of Mochi Media, is now the CEO of the company.From the press release quietly announcing the change:Offerpal Media, the leader i (Read More)
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According to once-secret, now-leaked sections of the new, plurilateral Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, global Internet users and ISPs might be in for a world of hurt in the near future.A U.S.-drafted chapter on Internet use would require ISPs to police user-generated content, to cut off Internet access for copyright vi (Read More)